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1. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
R | 137 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 806,896 | Gross: $66.21M
2. Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
55 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Yoshiki Arizono, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase
Votes: 2,717
3. Enjeru dasuto (1994)
116 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ryôko Takizawa
Votes: 1,313
4. Labyrinth of Dreams (1997)
90 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Bus conductor Tomiko falls in love with driver Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being a serial killer who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Rena Komine, Tadanobu Asano, Kotomi Kyôno, Tomoka Kurotani
Votes: 1,000
5. The Crazy Family (1984)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
After moving into a new house, a family starts acting crazier and crazier.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Katsuya Kobayashi, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshiki Arizono, Yûki Kudô
Votes: 997
6. Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000)
138 min | Action, History
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and ultimately broken by the attacks from a ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase, Daisuke Ryû, Masakatsu Funaki
Votes: 914
7. Burst City (1982)
115 min | Action, Drama, Music
Punk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Takanori Jinnai, Shinya Ohe, Yuto Iseta, Hitomi Tsurukawa
Votes: 900
8. August in the Water (1995)
117 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Rena Komine, Shinsuke Aoki, Reiko Matsuo, Masaaki Takarai
Votes: 781
9. Crazy Thunder Road (1980)
97 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Especially the reputedly... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Kôji Nanjô, Nenji Kobayashi
Votes: 608
10. Mirrored Mind (2004)
61 min | Drama
Renowned cyber-punk director Gakuryû Ishii strays from his roots, entering the realm of the subconscious with Mirrored Mind, a composed, contemplative and also a very personal film. Guiding... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Miwako Ichikawa, Yuki Inomata, Kou Machida, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Votes: 375
11. Dead End Run (2003)
59 min | Action, Musical, Thriller
Dead End Run is de eerste film van Ishii sinds het overweldigende Electric Dragon 80.000 V (vertoond op het festival in 2001), waar sommige argelozen nog altijd met verbaasde oren aan ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Urara Awata, Mikako Ichikawa, Yûsuke Iseya
Votes: 358
12. March Comes in Like a Lion (1991)
118 min | Drama
Set in Tokyo, Ice brings her amnesiac older brother Haruo home from the hospital to care for him. He is reluctant to go, until Ice tells him that she is his lover. Since he has no memory of... See full summary »
Director: Hitoshi Yazaki | Stars: Bang-ho Cho, Yoshiko Yura, Kôen Okumura, Kiyomi Itô
Votes: 355
13. 1/2 Mensch (1986)
48 min | Documentary, Music
A visual documentary of Einstuerzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Einstürzende Neubauten, Blixa Bargeld, Mark Chung, FM Einheit
Votes: 327
14. Shuffle (1981)
34 min | Short
A cop chases a punk who had a fight with his girlfriend through every kind of urban setting, going on so long the punk starts hallucinating.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Yosuke Nakajima, Tatsuya Mori, Shigeru Muroi, Genjiro Arato
Votes: 294
15. Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018)
130 min | Action, Drama
In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kurokaze ('black wave') Han clan that a religious cult is aiming for their ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Gô Ayano, Keiko Kitagawa, Shôta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide
Votes: 229
16. 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
60 min | Drama
The film is a collection of one-minute short films created by 60 filmmakers from around the world on the theme of the death of cinema.
Directors: Phie Ambo, Shinji Aoyama, Jes Benstock, Mark Boswell, Park Chan-wook, Mark Cousins, Dalpalan, Maximilien Dejoie, Gustav Deutsch, Bradley Eros, Feyyaz, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Michael Glawogger, Jorge Michel Grau, Jan Ijäs, Gakuryû Ishii, Jussi Jaakola, Ken Jacobs, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Viktor Kaganovich, Manuela Kaufmann, Aki Kaurismäki, Naomi Kawase, Ville Kerimaa, Eric Khoo, Jeon Kyu-hwan, Malcolm le Grice, Aku Louhimies, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, Marina Manushenko, Bruce McClure, Brillante Mendoza, Kyungwon Moon, Amir Naderi, Rafi Pitts, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Jussi Reittu, Simon Rumley, Albert Serra, Ronni Shendar, Norbert Shieh, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Auraeus Solito, Mika Taanila, Mart Taniel, Andres Tenusaar, Tom Tykwer, Gillian Wearing, Gereon Wetzel, Ollie Whitehead, Adam Wingard, Michael Winterbottom, Ming Jin Woo, Edmund Yeo, Kari Yli-Annala, Brian Yuzna, Veiko Õunpuu
Votes: 209
17. Bitter Honey (2016)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
Based on novelist Muro Saisei's 1959 book, Bitter Honey narrates the story of a poet who informed by his physician of his impending death finds renewed flights of fantasy. He is visited by ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Ren Ôsugi, Seiko Iwaidô, Hanae Kan
Votes: 198
18. Koko dai panikku (1978)
94 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A high school student rallies his classmates into rebelling violently when the administration refuses to take responsibility for the suicide of one of the students.
Directors: Gakuryû Ishii, Yukihiro Sawada | Stars: Shigeru Yamamoto, Atsuko Asano, Miyoko Akaza, Yoshirô Aoki
Votes: 189
19. Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012)
113 min | Comedy, Horror
From cult director Gakuryû Ishii, the apocalyptic story begins largely around a college campus and beyond where everyone is suffering horrible deaths in the most unusual and gruesome ways ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Eri Aoki, Kôta Fudauchi, Keisuke Hasebe, Tatsuya Hasome
Votes: 186
20. Tokyo Blood (1993 TV Short)
37 min | Short, Drama
Tokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Mai Hosho, Hairi Katagiri, Masashi Kojima, Suzuki Matsuo
Votes: 153
21. That's It (2015)
110 min | Drama
Daikoku and Ami want to escape their wayward lives. When they are thrown together they set out to kill a yakuza boss and also blackmail the thugs using stolen information to find Daikoku's ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Gô Ayano, Yohei Matsukado, Erina Mizuno, Jun Murakami
Votes: 135
22. Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers 2004 (2004)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directors: Gakuryû Ishii, Bong Joon Ho, Nelson Lik-wai Yu | Stars: Chi-Sung Chow, Ah Dun, Miwako Ichikawa, Yuki Inomata
Votes: 76
23. Neo Ultra Q (2013)
TV-14 | Mystery
Ultra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monsters appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.
Stars: Seiichi Tanabe, Rin Takanashi, Hiroyuki Onoue, Masahiko Shimada
Votes: 64
24. Shiatsu Oja (1989)
15 min | Short
An older man and a younger woman are in a small bar and begin to hold and caress each others hands. This leads to a room where the man is fortunate enough to offer and the woman is happy to... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Tokujiro Namikoshi, Anna Hole
Votes: 62
25. Ajia no gyakushû (1983)
30 min | Short, Music, Sci-Fi
A rock band was also at the source of ASIA STRIKES BACK, originally made to accompany live performances by The Bacillus Army, a punk super group with ISHII on vocals. The film is one of the... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii
Votes: 60
26. Flower of Shanidar (2013)
105 min | Drama
A flower called Shanidar grows and blossoms on the breasts of specific women. It secretes a substance, which is in high demand as it is used for creating pharmaceuticals. The harvest is ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Gô Ayano, Kanji Furutachi, Ayumi Ito, Yuiko Kariya
Votes: 51
27. The Box Man (2024)
120 min | Drama
A nameless man gives up his identity to live with a large cardboard box over his head, to meet a range of characters as he wanders in Tokyo.
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase, Kôichi Satô, Ayana Shiramoto
Votes: 50
28. Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku (2002– )
54 min | Mystery
Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Mika Nakashima, Miwako Ichikawa, Jun Murakami
Votes: 48
29. Isolation of 1/8800000 (1977)
50 min
An elegiac ode to a loner who finds it difficult to fit in and the inevitable eruption of his frustration, Isolation of 1/880000 tells the story of Takemitsu, a disabled young man caught in... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii
Votes: 43
30. Totsugeki! Hakata Gurentai (1978)
70 min | Crime, Drama
The film that put ISHII on the map, thanks to a Grand Prize at Japan's bastion of indie cinema, the PIA Film Festival. Those who know the director mainly for his punk style films will be ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii
Votes: 35
31. Jônetsu tairiku (1998– )
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Hitoshi Kubota, Kenta Maeda, Ryôta Murata, Yûji Tanaka
Votes: 21
32. Koko dai panikku (1976)
17 min | Short, Action
A high school student snaps and brings a rifle to school with every intention of using it on his teachers and classmates. Sogo ISHII's debut short film PANIC HIGH SCHOOL was shot on 8mm, ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Star: Masanobu Umezu
Votes: 21
34. Eiga kantoku tte nanda! (2006)
88 min | Documentary
Director: Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Yusuke Narita, Shirô Sano, Maki Ishikawa
Votes: 12
35. Humoresque: Sakasama no chou (2006)
72 min | Drama
Director: Yuki Inomata | Stars: Rina Ohta, Minami, Makoto Ayukawa, Bikke
Votes: 11
36.
Neo Ultra Q (2013)
Episode:
Quo Vadis
(2013)
TV-14 | 30 min | Mystery
The sudden appearance of the monster Nirwanie has provoked conflict amongst people. Though it merely treads a plodding path, some demand its destruction, while others protest for its ... See full summary »
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Seiichi Tanabe, Rin Takanashi, Hiroyuki Onoue, Masahiko Shimada
Votes: 10
37.
Neo Ultra Q (2013)
Episode:
Pandora's Hole
(2013)
TV-14 | 30 min | Mystery
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Seiichi Tanabe, Rin Takanashi, Hiroyuki Onoue, Masahiko Shimada
Votes: 9
38. Tokyo Cabbageman K (1980)
59 min | Comedy
The jishu film scene was an incredibly networked community, and the legendary Tokyo Cabbageman K stands as a good example. Ishii collaborator Akira Ogata-now a well-known commercial film ... See full summary »
Director: Akira Ogata | Star: Katsurô Onoue
Votes: 7
39.
Neo Ultra Q (2013)
Episode:
Planet of the Memories
(2013)
TV-14 | 30 min | Mystery
Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Seiichi Tanabe, Rin Takanashi, Hiroyuki Onoue, Masahiko Shimada
Votes: 7
40. Almost People (2023)
140 min | Drama
A film about "four brothers and sisters who lack emotions" spun together by four directors.
Directors: Gakuryû Ishii, Takuto Kato, Fumio Moriya, Satoko Yokohama | Stars: Junpei Hashino, Kai Inowaki, Saori Izawa, Mai Kiryû
41. The Punk Spirit of '82: Sogo Ishii on Burst City (2020 Video)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Andrew P. Kirkham | Star: Gakuryû Ishii
43. Cinemaholic (2004– )
15 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Kazuyuki Aijima, Michiko Iwahashi, Tsuneo Shiobara, Shô Aikawa
45. J movie wars: Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru (1993 TV Short)
33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Ruby Moreno, Moeko Ezawa, Wui-Sin Chong
46.
Jônetsu tairiku (1998– )
Episode:
Takenori Sento
(1999)
Documentary
Stars: Gakuryû Ishii, Hitoshi Kubota, Takenori Sentô
47.
Cinemaholic (2004– )
Episode:
Pia Awards 2008
(2008)
15 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Gakuryû Ishii, Jun'ya Satô, Tsuneo Shiobara, Kaho Song